Southern Biscuits
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Makes 12 biscuits
Ingredients
  • 2 ½ cups (313 grams) Southern self rising flour
  • 6 tablespoons (84 grams) salted butter, divided
  • ¼ cup (56 grams) cream cheese
  • ¾ to 1 cup (180-240 grams) whole buttermilk
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 450°F.
  2. Place 2 cups (250 grams) of the flour into a large bowl.
  3. Cut 4 tablespoons butter and cream cheese into small cubes, and then incorporate until the mixture looks like grated parmesan cheese.
  4. Make a well in the center of the dough, add buttermilk and combine until the dough is wet and sticky.
  5. Dust the dough, rolling surface, rolling pin, and a 2-inch biscuit cutter very liberally with the remaining flour.
  6. Dump the dough onto a floured surface. Roll dough to ½-inch thick. Using the floured biscuit cutter, cute straight down into the dough, starting from the outside edge of the dough and working in.
  7. Place biscuits on a parchment lined baking sheet with sides. The biscuits should touch each other on the pan.
  8. Brush with 2 tablespoons (28 grams) melted butter.
  9. Bake for 16-18 minutes, turning the pan halfway through continuing to bake until the tops are a light golden brown.
Recipe by Bake from Scratch at https://bakefromscratch.com/southern-biscuits/